The High German Aerospace Center (DLR) has released an interactive globe which visualizes human settlements around the world. The Global Urban Footprint map shows the global distribution of the human population on a custom made WebGL globe.
The Global Urban Footprint globe was made past times analyzing satellite imagery of the Earth. The globe uses exclusively 3 colors: dark for urban areas, white for field surfaces in addition to greyness for water. The result is that urban settlements are much to a greater extent than visible on the interactive globe.
It is possible to zoom inwards on the map to some extent past times using your mouse's scroll wheel. However the map doesn't convey a groovy score of resolution. You tin sack stance higher resolution images of a discover of global cities on the Global Urban Footprint about page.
